Economy Class & Beyond

FlyBe goes on the attack at EMA – Launches 5 routes for Winter 2012/13

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It seems FlyBe is gunning for what remains of BMI Regional and BMI Baby with the announcement of the airline basing two aircraft at East Midlands Airport and five new routes operating from EMA. FlyBe will be operating various routes connecting EMA to: Amsterdam Paris Charles de Gaulle Edinburgh Glasgow Jersey The expansion is to go ahead for the Winter … [Read more...]

Cimber Sterling falls to the wayside

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Well another airline has bitten the dust. This time it's Cimber Sterling that has fallen to the wayside. Their normal website (http://www.cimber.com/) has been replaced with a simple text announcement: Rough translation according to Google Translate: Cimber Sterling bankrupt - all flights are provisionally canceled The Board of Cimber Sterling has decided to ask the … [Read more...]

Iron Maiden front man to start an aircraft maintenance company

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Bruce Dickinson - some of you know him better as the front man of Iron Maiden. Those of us who fly might know him better as a 757 captain. Until a point last year, he flew for Astraeus Airlines as a until they went into administration and wound up in November last year. Well now Bruce is back, this time instead of piloting aircraft - he's setting up a company to maintain … [Read more...]

Current Tesco Clubcard Collection period ends on SATURDAY (5th May)

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A quick heads up for those of you in the UK who collect Tesco Clubcard points -  the current collection period expires Saturday 5th May. As most UK readers know, Clubcard points are useful things - especially as you can convert the Clubcard vouchers into Avios or Virgin Atlantic (as well as some other options). Whilst there are no special offers on for conversion for … [Read more...]

The Richard Branson Ice Cube. Oh Dear.

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Words almost escape me. I'm sure they'll escape you too when you see these. Images - Virgin Atlantic There is some Virgn PR blurb that goes along the lines of to celebrate the new bars in the A330's, these "Little Richards" will be turning up in your drink in Upper Class soon so “all passengers will be able to enjoy some chill out time with Mr … [Read more...]

The formal invitation from British Airways to Diamond Club Elites…

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I talked about this a lot yesterday when the BMI Diamond Club to British Airways Tier Match. Well for those of you who haven't done it yet, check you inbox - you might find an invite like this: Text Version: As part of the transition of bmi into British Airways, from today (1 May 2012), British Airways is inviting you, as a Diamond Club member, to also join the … [Read more...]

UK Immigration: We’ll get it right – honest guv!

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Time for some more on the saga/joke that is UK Immigration. For a  recap, head to the post I wrote about the delays at Heathrow during the weekend. But for an ultraquick version UK Border at full alert so immigration checks are taking longer Not enough staff to enforce it Long queues to get into the United Kingdom - especially for non European Economic Area … [Read more...]

BMI to BA Tier Matching is GO!

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Well it looks like someone jumped the gun and thinks today is the 1st May. For those who have BMI Gold or BMI Silver status, you can now do a Tier status match. For those who haven't joined Executive Club, head to http://www.britishairways.com/main/execenrol/?campaignCode=ECBMI1 to enrol. Once you've done that, head to http://www.ba.com/tiermatch and you'll get this … [Read more...]

The bad joke that is UK Immigration

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In what airport in the world  do you stick 3 Europe Immigration Agents and 1 for the Rest of the World visitors - and have a 2 and a half hour process time? Nope - not the C/D Concourse at Washington Dulles (although it's happened more than once), this time  - a Terminal of London Heathrow Airport. Terminal 5 to be precise. Welcome to the world of immigration staff on … [Read more...]

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